1/ Many hospital workers who shouldn’t be high-priority, such as young grad students who don’t see patients or work on #COVID19 research, are getting vaccinated ahead of more at-risk groups, as @apoorva_nyc reports.
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2/ I do think there’s an issue of individual ethics here. Even if you CAN get the #COVID19 vaccine because your hospital employer is being lazy about enforcing priorities, should you? (But I realize this is easy for me to say as someone with likely immunity.)
3/ There’s also a sliding scale of ethics here. I’m less troubled by a 73-year-old getting vaccinated today than a 23-year-old, since the former will soon be eligible anyway. #COVID #COVID #CovidVaccine
4/ In response to some replies I received, I agree that giving a #CovidVaccine dose to a low-risk person is better than letting it go to waste — which can be an issue given the strict storage protocols.
5/ And I also think it’s important to get as many people as possible vaccinated as soon as possible.
Maybe you’re young and healthy, but you live with someone who’s older and/or immunocompromised; I can see why you’d want the #CovidVaccine ASAP.
Maybe you’re young and healthy, but you live with someone who’s older and/or immunocompromised; I can see why you’d want the #CovidVaccine ASAP.
6/ So I’m not being super-judgmental here. Easy for me to judge; I had the stupid thing already.
(I kinda wanna get a t-shirt: “I had the stupid thing already.” Or a baseball cap: “#antibodies.”)
(I kinda wanna get a t-shirt: “I had the stupid thing already.” Or a baseball cap: “#antibodies.”)
7/ I just think it’s unfortunate that the #covidvaccine rollout is, to use a technical term, a total s**tshow. I hope it will improve over time. #COVID19 #COVID
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